Line #1 Trivia/ScoobyDoo2002


1	* AwesomeDearBoy: According to the DVDCommentary, several of the music acts, including Shaggy (the reggae singer, not the character) and Music/OutKast agreed to appear on the soundtrack because the name "Scooby Doo" was fun to sing.
2	* {{Blooper}}: Scooby pronounced hydrochronic as "hy-dro-ca-ro-nik" while Shaggy pronounced it as "hy-dro-clo-nik", making the latter say hydrocolonic.
3	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/IslaFisher was considered for Daphne. She would eventually go on to portray Mary Jane in the film.
4	* CostumeBacklash: Both Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar hated their wardrobes for this film. The former hated wearing Fred's ascot, and the hair-bleaching process (see below). The latter just had to wear a wig, but she hated the go-go boots.
5	* CreatorBacklash:
6	** Creator/JamesGunn later apologized for making Scrappy the villain of the film, especially upon realizing there were ''actual'' fans of the character, especially among children.
7	** Most of the cast have mixed feelings about the film. Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr had low opinions on the wardrobe of Fred, specifically the ascot; he has since embraced having played in ''Scooby-Doo'' and pokes fun at it sometimes.. Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was once asked in an interview which of her films she would forbid her children from watching, ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' or ''Film/CruelIntentions'', and [[TakeAThirdOption she chose this film]]. Creator/LindaCardellini was also dissatisfied with the final cut, finding it too raunchy for a children's film. Creator/MatthewLillard initially hated the film but eventually warmed up to it (his performance as Shaggy was [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously consistently praised]] even amongst the critics who hated the rest of the film) and as a result led to him being able to voice Shaggy in future animated ''Scooby-Doo'' productions.
8	* CreatorCouple: Fred and Daphne are played by Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar who were engaged at the time (they got married a few months after the movie was released).
9	* CreatorsPest: Creator/JamesGunn [[https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/05/03/the-director-of-guardians-of-the-galaxy-really-hates-this-sco_a_22064565/ shares the fandom's hatred of Scrappy]]. He did apologise when he learned that some children were upset at Scrappy being the villain.
10	-->There is a Scrappy, because he exists in the cartoon, so we have to acknowledge him. I hate Scrappy's guts. We all hate Scrappy's guts. Our whole goal was to destroy Scrappy forever.
11	* TheDanza: Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr plays Fred.
12	* DeletedScene:
13	** An alternate opening that began showing the animated counterparts dancing around to the theme song. The Luna Ghost would then kidnap Daphne and the sequence would shift to live-action.
14	** Flashbacks when Fred, Velma and Daphne meet up at the airport. Fred would be shown giving a speech on his book tour to an uninterested audience. Velma would be at a support group, confess that she was a member of Mystery Inc and no one in the group would remember her. Daphne would be shown karate training but accidentally get herself stuck in a tree.
15	** Velma, Fred and Daphne on a tour bus going around Spooky Island. This is where she'd meet her love interest, and he says "you've always been a chick?"
16	** A really random sequence in Dead Mike's bar where Velma would get up on stage and start singing "Too Good To Be True" to mock Fred and Daphne. As she does this Mondevarious says "she does know that Bloody Skulls are non-alcoholic?" [[spoiler: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although,]] [[HiddenVillain given the true]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot nature]] [[LatexPerfection of Mondavarious]], [[{{Troll}} he could have been just trying to embarrass Velma by getting onlookers to think she acts this way when she]] ''[[{{Troll}} isn't]]'' [[{{Troll}} drunk.]]]]
17	** Daphne encountering a possessed Velma in the girls' locker room, having a similar encounter to Shaggy and Scooby with the possessed Fred. Velma would be acting like a ValleyGirl before turning on the GameFace. This is included in the novelization.
18	** Shaggy witnesses Daphne's soul getting extracted and a demon possessing her - explaining why he knows to look for her head in the vat as well. This is also in the novelization.
19	** A kiss was filmed between Daphne and Velma. During the scene where the souls keep swapping into the wrong body, Daphne and Velma's would keep getting in the wrong ones - so they decide to kiss to make sure they go in properly.
20	** While Scooby is locked up in the cage, he fakes a heart attack to try and escape. The guard points out that he's done it eight times already.
21	* DVDCommentary: One by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle and one by Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, Creator/LindaCardellini, Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr and Creator/MatthewLillard.
22	* DyeingForYourArt:
23	** Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr bleached his brown hair blond, and had to shave his head after the dye ruined it.
24	** Creator/IslaFisher is a redhead and became blonde so audiences wouldn't confuse her for Daphne.
25	* ExecutiveVeto: Creator/JamesGunn said he wanted Velma to be a lesbian and for her to kiss Daphne but ExecutiveMeddling insisted the movie be more "child friendly."
26	* FakeAmerican:
27	** The Scottish-born Australian Creator/IslaFisher plays the American Mary Jane.
28	** Brisbane-born Neil Fanning as Scooby-Doo.
29	* FakeNationality:
30	** Although Zarkos' [[PartsUnknown nationality is not explicitly revealed]], it is implied that he is Mexican (he is a luchador after all). His actor Sam Greco is not Mexican nor is he of Latino descent. He's an Australian of Italian descent.
31	* GayPanic:
32	** Creator/JamesGunn revealed on Website/{{Twitter}} that he had wanted to make Velma a lesbian, but that the studio had vetoed that -- forcing him to make her AmbiguouslyGay, then not giving her a love interest at all, and then giving her a boyfriend in the sequel.
33	** In 2012, Creator/MatthewLillard revealed on Website/{{Reddit}}'s Ask Me Anything that Fred was gay in the original cut and Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr played him as such.
34	* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/JamesGunn inspired his screenplay by ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers''.
35	* KidsMealToy: Dairy Queen had a set of six toys, as well as a Mystery Crunch Blizzard treat.
36	* MemeAcknowledgment: When asked about the Shaggy cast interview caption memes, Creator/MatthewLillard merely stated "This is wrong." and "Who the hell... stop this nonsense.". Though given that he then links to [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/BadassShaggy]] and found it hilarious, it would seem that he liked the interview memes.
37	* MissingTrailerScene:
38	** For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqZ1Sv4aX0 teaser trailer]], it was made to look like a Batman sneak peak until you see Scooby's shadow with him saying, "Who? Me? Nah-uh!"
39	** Velma, while drunk thought that Scooby-Doo means "Scooby-Poop".
40	** Fred asks Scooby/[[spoiler:actually Scrappy]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYUCohuCPcs Did somebody spike your dog bowl?]]"
41	* OrphanedReference:
42	** Right before she's kidnapped by the villains, Daphne is seen running out of a building and slamming the door shut. This is because of a cut scene that took place inside the girls' locker room - where Daphne encountered a possessed Velma and several other girls. They're who she was running from.
43	** Shaggy knows to look for Daphne's soul in the pit after he's found Fred and Velma's. The reason is that he would originally stumble into a scene Daphne's soul being extracted from her body and a monster inhabiting it. This scene too was deleted.
44	** Old Man Smithers/The Luna Ghost was originally meant to be the main villain of the movie. In the finished product, he only appears in the film's prologue, but the Luna Ghost was still featured prominently on the movie poster.
45	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: For a long time, it was reported that Tim Curry was originally supposed to play Mondavarius, but turned it down after learning that Scrappy, a character he despised, was going to be in the movie. James Gunn has since [[https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1570423863183540225 stated]] that the story is completely false.
46	* PosthumousCredit: William Hanna, one of the executive producers for the film, died of throat cancer a year before the film's release.
47	* ProductionPosse: Composer David Newman and editor Kent Beyda previously worked together on the live-action ''Flintstones'' films. So did executive producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
48	* PromotedFanboy:
49	** Creator/JamesGunn was more than happy to write an adaptation of his favorite cartoon. Although this does bother some fans due to his not playing the material straight, that is a reminder there is more than one way to be a fan.
50	** Creator/LindaCardellini happily notes to have watched Scooby-Doo for many years even as she went away to college.
51	** Creator/IslaFisher is also a Scooby-Doo fan and looked forward to her first Hollywood role.
52	* RealLifeRelative: In the Latin Spanish dub:
53	** Creator/ArturoMercado voiced Scrappy-Doo and his son Creator/ArturoMercadoJr voiced Shaggy. Arturo Mercado is the first and most long-lived voice of Shaggy (playing him until 2015), so it's only fitting that his son would play Shaggy in this movie.
54	** Daphne and Velma are voiced by real life sisters [[Creator/XochitlUgarte Xóchitl]] and Creator/GabyUgarte, respectively.
55	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Creator/SarahMichelleGellar had to wear a red wig as Daphne, as she was still filming season six of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
56	* RealitySubtext:
57	** Mondavarious' park is stated in the movie to be ten years old. At the time of the movie's release (2002), so was Creator/CartoonNetwork.
58	** Likewise, at the end, he mentions that [[spoiler:Scrappy]] kidnapped him during an evil elf audition two years earlier. Casting for this movie would have begun in 2000.
59	* RoleReprise:
60	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/ArturoMercado once again reprised his role as Scrappy-Doo.
61	** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Creator/OrlandoDrummond and Creator/MarioMonjardim reprised their roles of Scooby and Shaggy, respectively, which they'd been playing since the first series (Monjardim stopped voicing him for a brief period in the 80's and Drummond voiced Scooby non-stop for ''40 years!'').
62	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Plans for a live-action film had started when producer Charles Roven bought the rights in 1994. By the end of the decade, the combined popularity of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', along with the addition of the script and updated digital animation led Creator/WarnerBros (who inherited the rights from Turner Pictures after the Turner/Time Warner merger) to fast track production. In July 1998, it was reported that Creator/MikeMyers would be playing Shaggy and co-writing the script with Jay Kogan. The film was officially green-lit in 2000; production started in February 2001 and wrapped in June of that year.
63	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/ScoobyDoo2002 Has its own page]].

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